TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond keeping active
T2 - Concomitants of being a volunteer in old-old age
AU - Shmotkin, Dov
AU - Blumstein, Tzvia
AU - Modan, Baruch
PY - 2003/9
Y1 - 2003/9
N2 - This study examines concomitants of volunteering in the context of other lifestyle activities. Investigating formal volunteering in old-old age, the authors analyzed data of 148 volunteers versus 1,195 nonvolunteers in a national sample of the Israeli Jewish population aged 75-94. As hypothesized, being a volunteer related (whether as a cause or effect) to more positive functioning on psychosocial markers and prospectively resulted in reduced mortality risk even when other activity outlets (physical activity, everyday activities, having a hobby) were controlled. These findings suggest that the benefits of volunteering in late life are not reducible to those of other activities.
AB - This study examines concomitants of volunteering in the context of other lifestyle activities. Investigating formal volunteering in old-old age, the authors analyzed data of 148 volunteers versus 1,195 nonvolunteers in a national sample of the Israeli Jewish population aged 75-94. As hypothesized, being a volunteer related (whether as a cause or effect) to more positive functioning on psychosocial markers and prospectively resulted in reduced mortality risk even when other activity outlets (physical activity, everyday activities, having a hobby) were controlled. These findings suggest that the benefits of volunteering in late life are not reducible to those of other activities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141853239&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.602
DO - 10.1037/0882-7974.18.3.602
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AN - SCOPUS:0141853239
SN - 0882-7974
VL - 18
SP - 602
EP - 607
JO - Psychology and Aging
JF - Psychology and Aging
IS - 3
ER -